A NEW INNOVATED LEATHER GRIP AND WEIGHT STRIPS: VT ADVANTEC GRIP AND STRIPS

Thanks to Coach Andrew Gu for sharing VT Advantec grip and strips with us.
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Thanks to Coach Andrew Gu and Coach Christopher Chien for trying out VTAdvantec grip and strips.
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[@vtadvantec6255]

So happy you guys are enjoying! Just to clarify, our products DO NOT use lead. The technology in our strips and grips use our new patent-pending material that helps reduce vibration and shock during impact.

[@yungsuit]

Are there ever going to be bulk packs made available? Some of us already know where we like our weights but the price is hard to justify

[@taytay8732]

I really want to buy the leather grip but I can't justify $40 for a grip. I can get 6 OEHMS leather grips for that

[@EyesOfTheInternet]

They should have done two tests: one with the Advantec and another with lead tape to see if the difference they felt was just added weight of the Advantec material.

[@oliverdesouza5741]

Kimoni have a similar selection of leather grips and dense lead weights, at less than half the price of these, but you don't get the ridiculous boxes. In fact in one pack of Kimoni Alpha lead strips you get 6x3g (18g), so four times as much lead for about $15. Looks like this is a Vertu product - standard stuff in a 'premium' packaging. One born every minute I guess.

[@z1az285]

The ATP Tecnifbre lead tape pack has 10 x 2 gram strips (more dense than the 0.25") and sells for $5.

[@gotrottin]

new packaging is minimal

[@DanTuber]

Gu wearing the t-shirt just makes this vid look like an ad.

[@marcelobarros5729]

Because it is. Doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I am going to guess whatever it does it's negligible.

[@garethward5010]

I brought both when they had a 50% off over the holidays. Really enjoy using the leather grips under an over grip as it makes the bevels so much more pronounced, racket definitely has a different feel to it as well, slightly more dampened but not to the point where you don’t know what’s going on when you make contact with the the ball. Only had a few hits with them as were back in lock down in the uk but was impressed in the short time I got with them.

[@vtadvantec6255]

So glad you are enjoying the products Gareth!

[@thaajbhardwaj2209]

Haha I have a friend who is sponsored by advantec and I am familiar with these guys. It's a 30 dollar grip but apparently it helps dampen your strokes

[@RobsTennisVids]

Unless he matched the racquet to the specs he normally uses, this was a pointless test. Half the comments were about how the weight changed the balance of the racquet, which could be said with any material used to add weight.

[@TheJeffatan]

Harry if you want a slightly smaller leather grip. KIMONY leather is only 0.8mm..with a thin overgrip ..it's almost one size down.

[@leoricotti910]

All good videos. Great work!

[@franzjupp1187]

had some experience with Wilson tungsten strips with nearly same height. It fells off if you hit with the ball which happens sometimes when framing. So waste of money.

[@vinceblack1321]

Congratulations. Two infomercials in a row with super rip-off products. The Geau bag and now the grip and lead tape.

[@jj4321]

That is 1 oz adding 3, 9, 12 which changes balance to head heavy or heavier. How do you know you are going to play well?

[@eincan1313]

They are all shocked that there is an alternative to lead tape. Been using tungsten strips from Tennis Warehouse for years for a 1/3 of the price of this stuff.

[@jackieflores9270]

can you add a leather grip over an overgrip? Basically peel the grip off the racket to its bare layer, add an overgrip and then a leather grip over it

[@djneight]

To my understanding the strips and the grip have a dampening property in addition just lead/tungsten strips and leather grip. Price is too much IMO. With lead, you can experiment and then remove and put on another area. These are too expensive to experiment with. Sure you could do the lead first than put the advantec strips but not sure if the results would be the same due to the difference of vibration dampening. My question to Harry is what was the spec of his racquet prior? Same weight and balance?

[@paulyeung962]

Does it fit under the bumper guard?

[@gianlucajandelli6387]

I think that this "new" tape product is very similar - or perhaps EXACTLY the same - to existing products like Dynamat Extreme or Cascade VMax, practically it's a damping material for stopping noise and vibration in your automobile made by a thin, super sticky butyl rubber bonded to an aluminum alloy skin. Indeed, Advantec never mentions in their literature that their product uses lead.

[@Siloguy]

Putting "tennis" on any product seems to put a premium on the price, clothes, shoes etc.

[@maxfitz5353]

Sick!

[@pl4851]

Am I just too cheap to spend $40 on a single grip and $35 on pack of lead tape? I don't know what world you guys live in but these are EXPENSIVE no matter how you spin the price...

[@sportscastercanada]

The guy who bought a $19.99 racket ain’t buying this stuff. 😆

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

$40 is a whole reel of isospeed baseline control!

[@alfandosavant4639]

As a recreational player who uses $100 secondhand racket, $15 strings, $80 shoes, and $10 outfit; i totally agree with you 👍🏽

[@villiam7941]

Agree

[@BrentTnerb2217]

Holy shit ! That grip really costs $40 ?

[@fingersm]

What type of strings?

[@sportscastercanada]

What a waste of packaging to psychologically seduce you. 🤣

[@listonshaw454]

Save mother earth, do we really need all that fancy packaging for dumb lead tape and a grip?

[@jlparcerisa]

What is the string on this video?

[@johnbryant6905]

I’m a tall 16 year old intermediate would you recommend the yonex vcore 95?

[@corradoscire8670]

As a 15 year old who practices tennis 12 hours a day and does tournakents every week or so (its not a flex im just telling you so you understand my level of expirience) im about 6'0" tall i use a heavier racket which is the pro staff 97 v13 with luxilon 4g gold at 42 string tension. It allows me not to get soar or injured and it has great plowthrough and if youre expirienxed like i am you can con control thw ball easily with that frame. Yonex frames especially the vcore force you to use a western semi western grip and basically oblige you to using tospin. If youre like me and you dont use much tospin this is not the racket for you. If youre an aggresive player like me ans volley a lot... this is nkt the racket for you. Thsi racket is for defensive baseliners that use massive amounts of tospin. I demoed this racket and i hated it simply beause it does everything that my playstyle doesnt so its not a match for me.

[@augustblood6810]

You can reduce vibration by putting the t-shirt on the tennis racket.

[@user-vk9uu1rz1k]

Legend has it he still hasn't received his Advantec I Phone.

[@vtadvantec6255]

😂 Maybe we should start thinking about making smart phones!

[@abokickel]

6 * 0,8 g = 4,8 g, not 4,2 g. 🙂🎾

[@wychen66]

Wow, you are better at math than asians

[@silviosarunic6709]

When you realise that this video just an ad for new product he is going to sell 😁

[@Siloguy]

Lol...true but almost every tennis youtube channel has a commercial reason for existing, either selling online lessons, products, affiliate links etc.

[@jacksonlar]

Their site claims the grip to weigh 22 g, and the strips to weigh 4.8 g, so that would add up to 26.8 g. But Harry weighed the racket in at 298 before and 329 after, for a gain of 31 g. The math doesn't add up, so the product off spec. by about 15 %. How do their QC people not detect this? Sounds like a $75 gamble to me.

[@chuckfriebe843]

Are you counting overgrip?

[@sebtong]

I believe on site it says .8 grams per strip which would be 3.2 grams total for the strips. I personally use the product and aim for specific weights. In customization people aim for specific weights and balance accordingly, 324 is quite light for some college players and high level talent like coach Andrew. Stringing and the tape used to wrap the grip all have a factor on the weight.

[@nicolewb24]

@@sebtong no - he put on 6 strips. 6 x .8 = 4.8

[@fluffyrolls]

what are those light blue strings tho 👀

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

Looks like Diadem

[@TCGM23]

@@SkyreeXScalabar yep

[@RobsTennisVids]

@@TCGM23 I'm betting Yonex Poly Tour Air.

[@alexabney7913]

I didnt see him stretch them when he added the strips

[@vtadvantec6255]

Correct! No stretching needed to apply the strips.

[@nathanmiller6051]

I'd buy the t-shirt 🤣

[@debaskdo]

Is that an experimental string from solinco? 😳😳

[@JrJVintage1956]

4 strips for $35.... can't even do one racquet unless you spend $70 for 2 packs....I'm super interested but that seems pricey and I carry 4 racquets so..... Ka Ching!

[@chengrace354]

Hi where buy?

[@chuckfriebe843]

Look eye

[@sebtong]

Or Amazon!

[@MingTheAce]

4.8 grams for 6 strips?

[@lewinmg]

was this a sponsored video? i thought it needed to say it if it was?

[@joeking4006]

Where is the new video?

[@Tobiko22]

Some real expensive garbage with fancy lingo behind it. Fancy marketed lead and leather grips. Dont fall for this junk. Even Gu had a hard time making up BS for this stuff

[@SRKarting]

Buy golf lead tape, 230g for £6.99. This Advantec lead tape is an expensive gimmick imo, Are you guys now getting paid promotions?

[@augustblood6810]

Nice packaging - looks like it was meant for condoms.

[@TyRaff]

Only a matter of time until some company tries to put a hydraulic suspension system in the frame of racket in an attempt to reduce vibration.

[@dickybirdcch]

Pro kennex Kinetic system: Am i a joke to you? LOL

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

I want some spaceX rockets strapped to my racket for increase power and spin

[@davidli3665]

and autopilot spin...

[@erikshen1107]

First the "magic elbow cream" now SPECIAL LEAD TAPE AND QC LEATHER GRIPS??? C'MON HARRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THIS......

[@sandeep56sa]

I would rather go with the dampener

[@Javi_C]

👍

[@villiam7941]

Hi Harry. Are you okay? you didn’t post today’s video. Missing it too much

[@gotrottin]

Interesting. From what I can tell; the worst, negative, insulting comments (it's a scam, bad product etc.) are from players who haven't used it. Seems to me from videos I watch on the strips, players with wrist, elbow, shoulder problems are feeling a positive difference, whereas those without don't notice as much. This tells me there is some merit to this product .btw ( TOO EXPENSIVE SAYS THE GUY WITH THE $150 TENNIS SHOES..LOL)

[@ijuwan17]

We should coin a new name for these Lead tapes without lead! Here’s my suggestion... UNLEADED TAPE 😅

[@mdf2341]

Ordered from their website. Got a confirmation email they received my order then never shipped it. Customer service is completely unresponsive. Had to contact my credit card to stop payment. Don’t waste your time with this company. There’s a reason the tennis websites don’t carry their products.

[@conraywest]

.8 x 6 is 4.8 boss 😅

[@zacharywan2004]

Why not put an overgrip over the leather?😂

[@thehandseesall]

This is not how you put a leather grip on a racket properly, you're using zero tension...

[@ryanmitchell9460]

This stuff is way too expensive. You’re basically paying for the fancy packaging. And I don’t really get what the over-long video was meant to show/prove. Probably just a paid ad. Very disappointed Harry... videos are going downhill

[@fingersm]

2 many videos imho

[@nakedbutler74]

Its impressive how he has kept up the "a vid a day" thing this long..

[@dadadamoo]

first no wayyyyyyyy'

[@mrbenz5072]

$40 for the grip and $35 for the strips. Way over priced, how can you even recommend this crap. Why don't you start advertising $30 dampeners now.